John Locke and Modern Life

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ID23768525
AuthorsLee Ward (0000-0001-5723-5853, University of Regina, corresponding author)
Year2010
Publication date2010-08-23
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueJohn Locke and Modern Life (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511761461
OpenAlexW4292135668
Open LibraryOL34459772M
ISBN9780511761461
LanguageEN
Citations received14

Recovers a sense of John Locke's central role in the making of the modern world. It demonstrates that his vision of modern life was constructed on a philosophy of human freedom that is the intellectual nerve connecting the various strands of his thought. By revealing the depth and originality of Locke's critique of the metaphysical assumptions and authoritative institutions of pre-modern life, this book rejects the notion of Locke as an intellectual anachronism. Indeed, the radical core of Locke's modern project was the 'democratization of mind', according to which he challenged practically every previous mode of philosophical analysis by making the autonomous individual the sole determinant of truth. It was on the basis of this new philosophical dispensation that Locke crafted a modern vision not only of government but also of the churches, the family, education, and the conduct of international relations.

Anachronism · Democracy · Democratization · Epistemology · Metaphysics · Originality · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Law · Philosophy · Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought

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